A forward-looking, solutions-focused discussion with leaders of the global accountancy profession, Accountancy: Framing the Future will help shape the World Bank’s ongoing engagement with accountancy profession.
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The Global Group on Indigenous Peoples and the Social Inclusion Cluster through its Portfolio Review have identified projects that addressed Indigenous Peoples (IPs) issues in an innovative manner.
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The joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGS) invites potential candidates interested in pursuing a Masters program in development studies at a ‘preferred university’ outside their...Read More »

What does exclusion cost? Join us to discuss a preliminary model to measure the cost of excluding sexual minorities. This research finds that workplace discrimination, health disparities in HIV, suicide,...Read More »

In collaboration with the original WDR team, this event will provide an opportunity to discuss new developments in service delivery, reflect on data, trends and experience in different sectors, and revisit...Read More »

So why do some utilities work well and others poorly? Is there a package of reforms that will get us more connections, higher levels of efficiency, better quality service, and cheaper rates?
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This year we want to bring together internal and external youth to hear the success stories, discuss and learn from young leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators through candid conversation.
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This session focuses on pervasive constraints that hinder women’s participation and success in the labor force. It reviews gender-related constraints as they appear in different contexts and sectors.
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Task team leaders of pilot programs in Liberia, Haiti, and South Sudan discuss the challenges of reaching adolescent girls in fragile and conflict situations, what has worked, what they have had to do...Read More »